When supernovae explode, they send a fast-moving shock wave into the interstellar medium, changing the local landscape significantly. A recent publication hones in on one supernova remnant to determine how fast it’s expanding and where it may have come from.
If you were standing on a sub-Neptune exoplanet, would you be standing on a rocky surface or in a magma ocean?
Astrobites reports on the consequences of shooting an asteroid with a spacecraft.
Researchers may have untangled the complex origins of the two black holes involved in a recent massive collision.
The gravitational wave events GW241011 and GW241110 provide strong evidence for the growth of black holes through successive mergers.
Astrobites reports on the impact of galactic outflows on the formation of stars in the local starburst galaxy Messier 82.
New research suggests that giant planets likely ring like bells after they collide with other worlds.
Gaia19bxc appears to contain a magnetic white dwarf and a metal-poor star in theory-defying close quarters — a configuration seen for the first time in a cataclysmic variable system.
Astrobites reports on the possibility of merging black holes producing flares within the accretion disks surrounding active supermassive black holes.
A brown dwarf that made headlines for showing signs of auroral activity is back in JWST’s sights — and it’s now doubly interesting.
The tidal disruption event AT 2024tvd happened outside the nucleus of its host galaxy, indicating the presence of a wandering or recoiling massive black hole. What can radio observations tell us about this unusual event?
Astrobites reports on the explosive origins of hyper-velocity survivor stars.